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February 15, 2021

Pressure vessel fabrication is an extremely complicated process. It involves the controlled cutting, bending, welding and assembling processes of metals for vessel fabrication. Aside from that, there are several safety requirements that must be adhered. Below is a brief overview on pressure vessel fabrication.

Safety Requirements

Australia adheres to the safety standard set by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). This is a code for pressure vessel fabrication. ASME standard basically provides rules for design and fabrication of pressure vessels in order to validate their safety, increase their longevity and functional value. However, as per the specifications given by the client, manufacturers can fabricate pressure vessels that exceed the requirements of the ASME Code. Other geographic jurisdictions have independent design and manufacturing codes and standards which may or may not adopt elements of the ASME Code.

Welding and Fabrication of Pressure Vessels

The ASME BPVC Standards Section VIII governs the of pressure vessel manufacture (and fabrication) comprises of 3 divisions. The first division deals with requirements that are mandatory as well as non-mandatory guidance for designing and fabrication techniques along with choice of material. The latter two divisions cover alternative rules for construction and welding of parts of pressure vessels.

Appraising Manufacturer-Appointed Safety Requirements

Using industry standards, which include the latest, most exacting welding codes, only high-tolerance engineering techniques can be utilized when fabricating a containment casing that's built to store the substances mentioned above. Ultimately, those rolled metal sections, fittings and weld seams will be asked to function under the harshest conditions. High pressures, higher temperatures, fluid state changes and catalyzing processes, all of these containment-stressing factors will inevitably come into play. Ensuring the highest possible manufacturing standards, ASME certified welders and fabricators take charge of the project.

A Quality-Assured Manufacturing Framework

If the structural backbone of a half-finished pressure vessel has already proven itself robust, the same degree of quality-assured process coordinating competence should be present in an engineering team's fabrication workmanship. To place checks and balances on their services, an internationally ratified quality assurance program, such as the ISO 9001:2015 standards, should be implemented. Really, a manufacturing service must use a safety and quality providing service like this, for it is these programs that ultimately keep a high-energy fluid containment vessel safe and secure.

Using the above standards, pressure vessel manufacturers can add 4 separate safety nets to their fabrication services; those are two products safeguarding mechanisms bracketing two primary fabrication safeguards. Primarily, a quality-assurance thread runs through every stage, from the initial planning work to the final commissioning and installation phase. Working alongside this program, trained welders and fabricators bring their ASME certifications into the picture. Then, reinforcing those two requirements, international and local accreditations double up on an already first-rate safety factor. Last of all, providing full-on manufacturing oversight, advanced testing and inspection procedures have their part to play in every stage of the fabrication process, thus ascertaining the energy-storing capabilities of each and every expertly manufactured pressure vessel.

Contact Details

Fusion - Weld Engineering Pty Ltd
ABN 98 068 987619

1865 Frankston Flinders Road,
Hastings, VIC 3915

Ph: (03) 5909 8218

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